Cornelia M. Burtwell
Cornelia M. Burtwell (maiden name: Bedford) was born around 1810 in Tennessee. She grew up in Florence, Alabama, and she attended the Lafayette Female Academy in Kentucky in the mid-1820s. The Marquis de Lafayette visited the academy in May 1825.
She married John T. Burtwell on August 29, 1833, and they had at least seven children: John, born around 1836; Isabella, born around 1837; Mary, born around 1839; Annie, born around 1840; James, born on July 17, 1842; Elizabeth, born around 1846; and Lavenia, born around 1848. They lived in Florence, and her husband worked as a boat captain. By 1850, they owned $2,000 of real estate.
A decade later, they owned $3,000 of real estate and $15,000 of personal property. Her husband died in 1861. By 1870, she owned $3,000 of real estate and $300 of personal property. She died of apoplexy in Davidson County, Tennessee, in July 1879.
DATABASE CONTENT
| (2922) | Burtwell, Cornelia M. ~ Bedford, Cornelia M. | 1810 | 1879-07 |
- Conflict Side: Confederacy
- Role: Civilian
- Rank in:
- Rank out:
- Rank highest:
- Gender: Female
- Race: White
Documents - Records: 1
- (3669) [recipient] ~ James Burtwell to Cornelia M. Burtwell, 26 October 1862
People - Records: 1
- (2922) Burtwell, Cornelia M. is the [parent of] (2815) Burtwell, James
Places - Records: 2
SOURCES
1850, 1860, and 1870 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; 1880 Mortality Schedule, available from Ancestry.com; High School Student Lists, 1821-1923, available from Ancestry.com; Alabama Compiled Marriages from Selected Counties, 1809-1920, available from Ancestry.com
